Bellows Falls vs Putney

A side-by-side comparison of Bellows Falls and Putney: population, income, housing, and more.

Bellows Falls and Putney are places in Vermont. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bellows Falls has the higher population (2,851 vs 394 in Putney). Putney has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $54,836 in Bellows Falls). Putney has the higher median home value ($262,900 vs $176,000 in Bellows Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Bellows Falls	Putney
Population	2,851	394
Median age	41.8 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$54,836	$63,750
Median home value	$176,000	$262,900
Median gross rent	$1,071	$808
Housing units	1,571	220
Homeownership rate	51.3%	44.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	47.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellows Falls	Putney
Population	3,007 → 2,851 (-5.2%)	455 → 394 (-13.4%)
Median household income	$33,286 → $54,836 (+64.7%)	$30,417 → $63,750 (+109.6%)
Median home value	$131,200 → $176,000 (+34.1%)	$223,000 → $262,900 (+17.9%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $1,071 (+37.7%)	$883 → $808 (-8.5%)

Bellows Falls

Population

3,0072,851

Median household income

$33,286$54,836

Median home value

$131,200$176,000

Median gross rent

$778$1,071

Putney

Population

455394

Median household income

$30,417$63,750

Median home value

$223,000$262,900

Median gross rent

$883$808

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellows Falls	Putney
Under 5	6.2%	4.1%
5 to 17	13.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	1.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	5.1%
35 to 44	10.5%	15.0%
45 to 54	8.1%	9.6%
55 to 64	17.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	13.4%	19.8%
75 and over	7.4%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellows Falls	Putney
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	4.1%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellows Falls	Putney
No high school diploma	2.4%	10.1%
High school graduate	33.4%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	14.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellows Falls	Putney
Drove alone	76.5%	91.4%
Carpooled	12.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	8.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellows Falls	Putney
1-unit, detached	50.6%	35.5%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	15.0%
2 to 4 units	38.6%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	24.5%
20 or more units	5.3%	18.6%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Bellows Falls	Putney
Poverty rate	19.1%	18.4%
Average household size	2.14	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	19	11
Median year structure built	1938	1938